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Thursday, May 8, 2008

The Closeted Life of Chucks




















My Chuck Taylors demanded their own posting instead of being included in "Color Assortments" above. In the dark of my closet they are gradually - and not so secretly - taking over the shoe rack from boring leather work shoes.
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GRATEFUL FOR (as of 1/9/13)

Husband and dog (some days)

Job with some degree of autonomy

Art, artist friends and friends who enjoy art

Clogs and scarves that come in colors and patterns

FRUSTRATED WITH (as of 1/9/13)

Micromanagement and condescension (not frequent, but too often)

Not being treated as a genius and princess

Funds flowing too quickly out of bank account

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Formative Experiences

  • Facing 50, with recognition that Tim and Evelyn didn't make it to 50, September 2011
  • Losing our first dog Marley, July 2011
  • Being promoted to manager, June 2011
  • First tattoo, and subsequent tattoos, spring/summer 2011
  • Learning that affordable original art can be purchased online (Wahoooo!!!!!), 2009
  • Leaving behind my brother's last age of life and entering my mother's, 2009
  • Moving to a house that has a Sarah Room, 2009
  • Joining a therapy group, 2009
  • Getting to know my sister, 2008 on
  • Buying my first pair of Converse sneakers, 2008
  • Getting a digital camera, 2008
  • Creating a blog, 2008
  • Starting anxiety medication, 2007
  • Finally completing college, 2006
  • Finding a great mid-life therapist, 2006
  • Losing my brother, 2005
  • Seeing the Grand Canyon, 2004
  • Joining a spiritual writing group, 2004
  • Flying to Europe for the first time, 2003
  • Designing a recruiting database, 2002
  • Writing sabbatical from office work, 2001
  • Recruiting career, 2000 on
  • Learning to appreciate my father, 1990s on
  • Buying our first house, with fear & trembling, 1998
  • Planning a wedding with no mother or wedding planner, 1997
  • Becoming a dog parent, 1996
  • Discovering email, 1996
  • Placing a personal ad, "Nobody has enough friends"...which led to various adventures and eventually to meeting Craig, 1992
  • Visiting First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 1992
  • Temporary paralysis, 1991
  • Massage therapy school, 1989-1990
  • Seeing the Pacific Ocean, 1987
  • Retail career, 1980s
  • Starting psychotherapy, early 1980s
  • Secretarial career, 20 years (from 1981)
  • Moving to Dallas, 1981
  • Discovering romance novels, 1979
  • Losing my mother, 1974
  • Starting to learn to cook & bake, 1972
  • Learning to write, 1968
  • Learning to read, 1967

FORMATIVE BOOKS

  • A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas
  • Alice Munroe
  • Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders by Mary Pipher
  • Any and all autobiographies
  • Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
  • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
  • Charles Bukowski
  • Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese
  • Collections of Nothing by William Davies King
  • Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp
  • DV by Diana Vreeland
  • John Shelby Spong
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
  • Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think by Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky
  • Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman
  • Numerous biographies
  • Pack of Two by Caroline Knapp
  • Paul Theroux
  • Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
  • Proverbs of Ashes: Violence, Redemptive Suffering, and the Search for What Saves Us by Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker
  • Revolutionary Road, and other books by Richard Yates
  • The American Home Front 1941-1942 by Alistair Cooke
  • The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman
  • The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World by Marti Olsen Laney
  • The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
  • Type Talk at Work: How the 16 Personality Types Determine Your Success on the Job by Kroeger, Thuesen, and Rutledge
  • Walking Toward Morning: Meditations by Victoria Safford
  • Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
  • You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen
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